The New England Patriots will close out the regular season without four.<\/p>\n
Guard Jared Wilson, defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga, as well as linebackers Harold Landry III and Robert Spillane have been ruled out for the finale against the Miami Dolphins, head coach Mike Vrabel announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the rest of the game statuses leading up to Sunday\u2019s 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff at Gillette Stadium.<\/p>\n New England\u2019s rookie left guard will remain in the NFL\u2019s concussion protocol for a second Sunday<\/a> in a row. And across the ball, three March signings will stay sidelined until the playoffs. The all-purpose Tonga has not practiced since sustaining a foot injury against the Baltimore Ravens. Knee and ankle injuries have also kept defensive captains shelved off the edges and off the ball.<\/p>\n Landry leads team with 8.5 sacks, 19 quarterback hits and 10 tackles for loss. As for Spillane, who played his most recent snaps as the calendar turned to December, he leads the way with 97 tackles while also having a hand in one sack, one forced fumble and two interceptions. The inside linebacker joined the partial participants during Friday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n Miami\u2019s Pro Bowl running back remained a non-participant from Wednesday through Friday before being listed as doubtful with a shoulder injury. Through 16 starts this campaign, Achane has amassed 1,838 yards and a dozen touchdowns from scrimmage.<\/p>\n Westover was sidelined for the Patriots on New Year\u2019s Eve<\/a> and New Year\u2019s Day<\/a> due to an ankle injury that arose in the fourth quarter last weekend. The fullback moves forward as questionable, along with a member of the cornerback depth chart, after practicing in a limited capacity on Friday.<\/p>\n But additional calls loom without game designations. When asked whether offensive tackle Will Campbell or defensive tackle Milton Williams will be activated in time for the finale, New England\u2019s head coach provided optimism.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll see how they respond to today\u2019s work. Try to get them a full week of work in,\u201d Vrabel said of the full participants. \u201cBut I think it looks good. Both were able to work the whole week, and we\u2019ll see where they\u2019re at tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n Both have resided on injured reserve with respective knee<\/a> and ankle<\/a> injuries since November, yet have seen their 21-day windows open in consecutive weeks, along with<\/a> cornerback Alex Austin. The AFC East champions currently stand with an active roster of 52. The deadline for Week 18 moves arrives Saturday at 4 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots will close out the regular season without four. Guard Jared Wilson, defensive tackle Khyiris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2087,12136,726,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-649034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miamidolphins","13":"tag-new-england-patriots-injuries","14":"tag-new-england-patriots-news","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115827604723576999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}